As the two spoke, the carriage had pulled out of several streets and stopped on the side of the road.

Sima Rulan jumped out of the carriage with the princess in her arms, but heard that this place was in front of the door of the "Barking Tower" that she had come to yesterday. Hua Bushi also got out of the car and said, "The person who wants to invite Miss Lan'er to see is in the building, please come in!"

Sima Rulan did not hesitate, stepped up the steps, and walked into the gate of the small building. As soon as he entered the hall, he saw that Cao Duyun and Hai Hongzhu were in the room, and there were two other people at the table.

One is Yi Nan, the young owner of the "easy pass" in the city, and the other is Zang Dong, the beast tamer of the Yi family. "Easy Pass" is not a small business name in the city, and it has been many years to do ocean trade in Okura City, and Sima Rulan has been in the city for a long time, but he also knows these two people.

When the two saw Sima Rulan enter the house, they hurriedly got up and saluted.

Sima Rulan also hugged her wrist and bowed back, and looked at Hua Bushi, who followed the house, and asked, "Do you want me to come to see the two of them?"

Hua Bushi said: "Not bad. Hua Bushi invited Yi Gongzi and Master Zang to come, and only hoped that the two of them would make a proof, so that Miss Lan'er would believe that what we were doing was a legitimate livelihood, and that yesterday's 'Mingyue Tower' was a bully. ”

Yesterday he was beaten by many heroes on the street, and his identity was exposed by Sima Rulan, Hua Bushi returned to the "Barking Sky Tower" in frustration, but with the personality of this eldest young master who stalked and fought if he did not achieve his goal, of course he refused to stop there.

Now in the entire Okura City, except for Sima Rulan, the eldest lady of the city lord, I am afraid that no one else dares to provoke the solid "Mingyue Society" and He Xilou in the background, and only by winning the support of this eldest lady is the only hope of "Bark Tianlou".

The "Evil Dog Boy" has a bad reputation in the rivers and lakes, and it is no wonder that Sima Rulan refuses to believe what he says. So, Hua Bushi came up with such a way, and invited Yi Nan to "Bark Tianlou" early this morning, while he and Zhu Hong hired a carriage to invite Miss Lan'er together.

If he went to the door to invite, Sima Rulan would definitely not want to come, so Hua Bushi used stratagem and drugs to kidnap the big white dog princess as a threat.

In front of them, Hua Bushi told the story of opening the "Bark Sky Tower" and the fact that Logan came to forcibly extort money again, and let Yi Nan and Zang Dong speak as proof, and this time, Sima Rulan believed his words a little.

Sima Zhufeng founded Okura Castle on this island in order to build a seaport capital that would allow free trade between Eastern and Western merchant ships, and a paradise where everyone could live and work in peace. Of course, this is a very beautiful ideal, and after hearing this wish from my father many times, it has become Sima Rulan's ideal.

However, there is always some distance between the ideal and the reality, and it is not easy to realize it. Sima chased the wind and exhausted the treasures of the rich and rivaled the country, and built the current Okura Castle, which seems to have achieved his ambition. However, the people around him may not all have the same wishes as him, and it is not surprising that they have other intentions, including Sima Zhufeng's subordinates in the "Wanjintang", and even his sworn brothers.

Greed is human nature, and it is not uncommon for many people to use unscrupulous means to acquire wealth once they have gained power.

After listening to Hua Bushi's narration, Sima Rulan lowered her head and was silent. If the matter is true, the "Mingyuetang" bullied the merchants, extorted the silver taels, and forcibly occupied the "Bark Sky Tower", of course, it is not right, and it should be dealt with. But now that the city lord's father is not on the island, Xiong Bailing and Deng Ran are in charge of the daily affairs of Okura City, although she is the eldest lady of the "Wanjintang", it is inconvenient to interfere in this matter easily.

Hua Bushi saw the hesitation in the eldest lady's heart, and said: "Mingyue will bully the merchants in the city, and it is not only our 'Bark Tianlou', alas, it's a pity that Sima City Lord is not in Okura City, so he has to let him go against the grain, and we have nowhere to avenge my grievances, it seems that I still swallow my anger and close the matter!"

This sentence sounded like a word of loss and complaining, but when it reached Sima Rulan's ears, it shocked her heart.

If Daddy was here, he would definitely not let this kind of bullying happen in Okura City! This thought suddenly occurred in her heart, although Daddy is not here now, she is the daughter of the city lord, how can she sit idly by and let the people in the city be bullied by the strongman!

With this in mind, she had already made a decision in her heart.

Yesterday, Hua Bushi once thought that Sima Rulan was a little girl who was not familiar with the world and was easy to fool, and she made mistakes one after another, but she could only return in defeat. But today's Hua Bushi has accepted yesterday's lesson, and knows that this eldest lady is kind-hearted, jealous and hateful, and quite smart and confident in handling things, as long as she treats her sincerely and arouses her heart to uphold justice, she will definitely be able to get her help.

Facts have proved that the eldest young master has indeed done nothing wrong today.

Sima Rulan stood up from her seat and said, "If this matter is true, I will definitely help you get justice, and the 'Barking Tower' doesn't need to be closed." Mr. Hua, Gongzi Cao, you will go to the City Lord's Mansion with Lan'er now. ”

Hua Bushi and Cao Du glanced at each other, both knew that the matter had taken a turn for the better, and hurriedly replied: "I will wait for everything to be arranged by the city lord's eldest lady." ”

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Sima Rulan, Hua Bushi and Cao Duyun went out to get into the car, but Zhu Hong still drove the car, and drove to the city lord's mansion by the same road.

When they came to the city lord's mansion and got out of the carriage, Sima Rulan led the two of them straight to the mansion gate. With the eldest lady of the "Wanjintang" in front, the guards guarding outside the mansion certainly did not dare to stop them, and they all gave courtesy and avoided them.

Entering the city lord's mansion, Sima Rulan handed over the princess she was holding in her arms to Yahuan, and ordered the big white dog to be sent to the backyard.

The servant who had been bribed by Hua Bushi to inquire about the news, but had been scolded by a stinking meal, was still guarding the door of the side hall today, and at this time, he saw the two sons who were not waiting to see yesterday, but today he came with Miss Sima, and he was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.

Sima Rulan entered the side hall and instructed, "Go to the back hall and invite Elder Deng out, and say that I have something to ask him for." ”

Miss Sima spoke, which was much more effective than Hua Bushi's delivery of silver taels, and the servant agreed, and rushed towards the back hall. After a short time, Deng Ran walked out of the door of the back hall, and came out with him, as well as Steward Xu, who led Hua Bushi Cao Duyun in yesterday and then disappeared.

Deng Ran, the deacon elder of the "Wanjin Hall", was a middle-aged man in his forties dressed in a yellow brocade robe, with three strands of beard, sunken cheeks, and a pair of eagle eyes. He didn't have a few taels of flesh on his face or body, and he looked shrewd and capable, while in his right hand he held three goose-egg-sized, glittering golden galls, which were dripping and spinning in his palm.

Just from the fineness, it can be seen that these gold galls are all made of pure gold, if it is not hollow, each one has at least ten or twenty catties. This Elder Deng has a thin palm like a bird's claw, holding three golden galls and turning them at will, seemingly effortless, which shows that this person's arm strength and finger strength are extraordinary.

Deng Ran walked closer, his eyes swept over Hua Bushi and Cao Duyun who were standing next to him, and then he saluted Sima Rulan and said, "The eldest lady summoned her subordinates to come, do you have something to order?"

Sima Rulan said: "I didn't dare to take orders, Lan'er invited the elders to come and just want to ask about it." Has Elder Deng ever heard of the 'Bright Moon Society' bullying the merchants in the city, extorting money, and forcibly occupying other people's properties?"

This eldest lady is indeed a straightforward personality with jealousy and hatred, and when she saw Deng Ran, she asked directly without any scruples.

Deng Ran showed surprise and said, "Is there such a thing?" my subordinates have never heard of it, but I don't know where the eldest lady heard it, so don't believe the rumors of others. ”

Sima Rulan said: "Is this a rumor, Lan'er thinks that this is indeed the case! Yesterday, the dog training workshop 'Barking Heavenly Tower' in Dongcheng was blackmailed by Luo Gen, the master of the 'Bright Moon Society', Young Master Hua and Cao Gongzi came to the City Lord's Mansion to find Elder Deng to deal with it, why did the elder avoid it?"

Deng Ran said: "Did they come to me yesterday, Deng really didn't know." ”

He turned his gaze to the steward beside him and asked, "What's going on?"

The steward surnamed Xu hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his head to report: "Back to Elder Deng's words, yesterday Cao Gongzi and Young Master Hua did come to the City Lord's Mansion, but at that time, the elder happened to be dealing with the affairs of the sect in the inner hall, and he was very busy. ”

Deng Ran's eyes widened, and he said sharply: "Bastard! Since they have come to the City Lord's Mansion, they must have something to say, how can you not report it to me!"

Steward Xu Wei said cowardly: "What the elder said is that the villain is confused!"

Deng Ran reprimanded: "It's really a useless minion, go down!"

Steward Xu retreated, and Deng Ran turned his face to Sima Rulan and said, "My subordinates really don't know about this matter, please forgive me!"

Yesterday, Steward Xu took Cao Duyun and Hua Bushi to this side hall, and immediately went in to find the deacon elder of the "Wanjin Hall", and later Hua Bushi bought the servant to go in to inquire about the news, and was scolded by Deng Ran and driven out, of course, this Elder Deng could not know about it.

At this time, he deduced that he didn't know, and reprimanded Steward Xu in person for not being able to do anything, just playing for Sima Rulan.

Sima Rulan was also inconvenient to investigate, and said, "Since Elder Deng doesn't know anything about it, Mr. Hua, please tell me what happened again!"